Zi Wei Dou Shu Chart Calculator

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Generate a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart based on your birth details

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Enter your birth details to generate an accurate Zi Wei chart.

If left empty, we use the UTC+8 reference longitude (120°E) to infer time—this may affect palace positions.

What is Zi Wei charting?

Zi Wei charting maps your birth information into a structured chart. It is often used to interpret personality tendencies, life phases, and decision timing as a reference framework.

Yin-YangFive ElementsHeavenly StemsEarthly Branches

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Classical Sources & Methodology

Classical Text Citations

The most important surviving classic of Zi Wei Dou Shu, detailing star placement, the fourteen major stars and the twelve palaces. Our chart construction follows its method precisely.

—— Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu

Calculation Methodology

This Zi Wei Dou Shu tool follows the traditional star-placement method:

  1. 1Life and Body palaces: determined by the birth month and hour.
  2. 2Twelve palaces: Life, Siblings, Spouse, Children, Wealth, Health, Travel, Friends, Career, Property, Fortune, Parents, plus the Five-Element board from the birth year branch.
  3. 3Star placement: the Zi Wei group runs counterclockwise from Yin, the Tian Fu group clockwise, locating the fourteen major stars and auxiliary stars.
  4. 4Four Transformations & major luck: Hua Lu, Quan, Ke, Ji by the year stem; major luck periods of ten years by the Five-Element board.
  5. 5Three directions and four corners: the Life palace triad (Wealth, Career, Travel) plus the opposite palace are read together.